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  4.      UUUUNNNNBBBBUUUUFFFFFFFFEEEERRRR((((1111))))        UUUUNNNNIIIIXXXX SSSSyyyysssstttteeeemmmm VVVV ((((1111 JJJJuuuunnnneeee 1111999999994444))))        UUUUNNNNBBBBUUUUFFFFFFFFEEEERRRR((((1111))))
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  8.      NNNNAAAAMMMMEEEE
  9.           unbuffer - unbuffer output
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  11.      SSSSYYYYNNNNOOOOPPPPSSSSIIIISSSS
  12.           uuuunnnnbbbbuuuuffffffffeeeerrrr _p_r_o_g_r_a_m [ _a_r_g_s ]
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  14.      IIIINNNNTTTTRRRROOOODDDDUUUUCCCCTTTTIIIIOOOONNNN
  15.           uuuunnnnbbbbuuuuffffffffeeeerrrr disables the output buffering that occurs when
  16.           program output is redirected.  For example, suppose you are
  17.           watching the output from a fifo by running it through od and
  18.           then more.
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  20.                od -c /tmp/fifo | more
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  22.           You will not see anything until a full page of output has
  23.           been produced.
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  25.           You can disable this automatic buffering as follows:
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  28.                unbuffer od -c /tmp/fifo | more
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  31.      BBBBUUUUGGGGSSSS
  32.           The man page is longer than the program.
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  35.      SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
  36.           "_E_x_p_l_o_r_i_n_g _E_x_p_e_c_t: _A _T_c_l-_B_a_s_e_d _T_o_o_l_k_i_t _f_o_r _A_u_t_o_m_a_t_i_n_g
  37.           _I_n_t_e_r_a_c_t_i_v_e _P_r_o_g_r_a_m_s" by Don Libes, O'Reilly and Associates,
  38.           January 1995.
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  40.      AAAAUUUUTTTTHHHHOOOORRRR
  41.           Don Libes, National Institute of Standards and Technology
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